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I always thought of doing a celica Euro style. Large MPG, small motor, lots of torque.
This means a 1.6 volkswagon TDI motor out of late 80's early 90's jettas, rabbits, and rabbit trucks.
There are i guess quite a few people who have swapped that motor into Suzuki Sidekicks to get a diesel 4x4 with 34mpg. Pretty impressive.
Like anything it would take work, but those engines aren't very hard to come by.

The other Celica idea would be a short range electric car with ~ 40 miles of range. Would take about 8k to do. Batteries are the expensive part. Making the car move isn't that hard. I did all of the calculations and it would take about 15-20k miles for the payoff to be found in fuel savings.

Traces idea isnt bad about electric but i think it could work better with maybe a small gas motor that could be used intown the the electric kicks in at cruising speed. An maybe replace the sun roof with a solar panel to help keep the batteries charged longer
The big desiding factor would be the batteries you used
An the type of electic motor. You used
Ive given this some thought when i was into electric rc's really big
But never priced it out tho

Nope, fibrewizard's car is a fwd v6 swap into a 5th gen.
http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...mp;#entry860833
(quick search found the thread...)

The V8 rwd swap aka GT8 is Justen Simpson's out of Australia....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C0veAb-CiM&feature=fvsr

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http://www.toymods.org.au/forums/forum-mem.../20585-gt8.html

Two V6 swaps...

GT4v6 http://www.6gc.net/members/27199
did a v6 awd swap.
http://www.typ-85.co.uk/projects

Youtube of a 5gC awd TT v6 swap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixdJFXJcl3E

Audi V8 & AWD install in a 6gc.
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http://www.twobrutal.co.uk/forum/showthrea...=Celica+V8+Audi

Toyota V8, 4wd Skyline drivetrain
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http://www.toymods.org.au/forums/forum-mem...6k-dead-35.html

Regards;


This post has been edited by GMan: Feb 21, 2012 - 5:42 PM

How about a B18c swap into a Celica. Now that will make it interesting race with Honda/Acura Car with B18c.

I once planned to put a 7afe on a go kart. You know what happened? Reality.

I nvr seen what was so amazing about a b swap unless it was in a,light little hatch
It could be fun but not as good as in a honda hatch

i seriously want to swap a tdi engine in a celica 90hp and 150 tq and ecu mods bump up power like crazy but man the effort in doing something like that and money to fabircate all the mounts and wire harness know how it could be done though. people swap tdi into tacos all the time

the gas mileage would be unreal!

I wonder if tweak would make a custom harness for it?! LOL

right im sure if i had the right amount of money i could get the local tdi guru to do it for me. hes swapping in a tdi motor with 345 tq into a r32 MkIV golf if someone puts up the money but hes asking 9k just for the car not the swap

In high school me and my friends put a 350 in a Chevette.

That's sweet!!